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Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
LATER NEVIS.

AT Boston, Mass, DR.. Asa Gray. the EN-:
inent botanist.. suffered fatal stroke of
apoplexy GU the 10th.
TWENTY four gamblers were arrested by
the prllce at Duluth, Mimi, at an early
| hour Sunday morning.
In the little village Of Salt River, Mich,
eight otores and three barns burned on the
II til. Loss SIS 600, without insurance.
FROM l,40O to 1,S0' table glass workers in
| 10 flint factories are on str ike because OF
dissatisfaction with the scale adopted by
the factory owners.
TIE strike of the ore handlers at Fairport
Ohio ceased on the arrival of q regiment OF
state militia from Cleveland. All is quiet
and the men at work.
THE Governor of Iowa declines to CON-
mute the death sentence Of Chester Bellows
who is t. be hanged at Charles City, Dec.
l6, for the murder of Alice Waterman.
SPENCER LEE, aged II, for IS years res
idenr Of Iowa, suffering from q cancer In
in Des Moines, placing the pistol to his
stomach. =" d
THE building statistics Of st. Paul, Mimi,
and suburbs show that nearly four
tuousa d buildings were erected In 1887, the
total expenditure being I'll ,549,S greater
advance than in any past year OF the city's
history. ~
NEAR Yankton, Dak., L. Guisbauer shot
dead in his tracks Paul Kaiser, neighbor.
Kaiser's cattle broke into eulsoauer's corn,
and Kaiser, armed with q gun went to drive
them home. The men exchanged shots with
the result stated.
THE house Of farmer Michael Harris, near
Washington, Beadle Co., Dak., took fire
Saturday night and burned. The family
Of nine persons were asleep, and only Mr.
Harris and one eirl got out alive. Mrs
L n ~ n11I1vsnS, hVs,,v ..sf3
In the trial of vice-President Harper Of
the Fidelity Bank at Cincinnati, Ohio, tho
& case went to tho jury, without argumen,tt. 1a,t
mony Harper was guilty Of crime. Ten
years is the extreme penalty under the
Indictment. # as S:1. 2s..@ &4& IA
ON Saturday an attempt was made to
murder NJ. Jules Ferry in the hail OF the
French Cham er Of deputies. He received
three flesh wOunds but wHs not seriously
injured His assatlant was quickly arrest
ed and proved to be one OF band OF revo-
!utionists who contemplated killing Cob
In the cast OF Senate committees North
Minnesota, Habin, Chairman Of Railroads,
third on Agriculture and Forestry, second
on Enrolled Bills, third ON Indian Affairs,
second on Manufactures; Davis, chairman
of Pensions, fifth on Territories, fifth on
Census, fftn on Military Affairs Wiscon:; :
on Railroads, third on Pensions, fourth %
Epmmerce, fourth on Education and Labor;
lHpooner, hartman Of Claims, fifth on Elec-
Itit,na, third on Public Build ,ngs, fourth on
Condition OF tile Potomac Front, second on
District o. Columbia: Iowa. Allison, chair
man On Aplrnpr ations! third on Finance,
Anil. ton nf Tho Civil f9nrv; ce: Wilson
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
-William Il. Drum and Grac

H H. William II. Drum and Oracle
Powell. Of Los Alamos, Cal, being Of
q romantic turn Of mind, thought 1t
would be nice to be married on the
bounding billows. So they boarded
the coast steamer Santa Rosa and
tod the captain what the wanted,
He thought Of his own romantic youth,
and putting the steamer out to sea, 80
that she might be at least three miles
from land. and the ceremony there
fore legnl, tied the knot himself thor
. ou1hly. ship-shape and sailor fashion
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
. Il EST. ]
Brief Mention of News or General
s5S3 Interest.

Az ILLINOIs. t55
William Crow and John Davidson. OF Car
rolton, engaged IN . fight recently, nsing q
pistol and q knife, and both were killed.
The State Board OF Agriculture has COM
pleted arrangements for holding Congress
sional Farmers Institutes at the following
places: Pontiac, January 10, IL; Lincoln,
January IL, 10; EdwardsvIlle, January II,
is; Whitehall January 10, 20; Eldorado,
January "A, 25; Carbondale, January rs,
~; Peoria, January 81, February i: Joliet,
FsbruaryA2 s.; Freeport, February q. 8:
Dixon, February {, 10; shelbyv.lle, Februa-
~ IA, 10; Albion, February 16. IL; Mon
mouth, 2l, ~; Havana, February 90. "a;
Woodstock, February %, 20, and Danville,
March /. 2. 4 2Is: II 5*st.
The various ministers Of Vermilion County
hive formed an association for the purpose
OF prosecuting all parties who do business
on Sunday, not in compliance with the law.
David Billman, a young man of johnson
township, Clark County, was struck by
lightning and killed while driving coma
COWS to pasture the other evening during a.
heavy thunderstorm The horse he rode
was also killed
Johanna O'Brien, a Chicago servant girl,
started fire in the kitchen stove the other
Gay, ana poured kerosene oil upon 1t to help
1t along: The usual result followed.
The general offices of the Lake Erie l.
stern railway have been removed from
Bloomington to Indianapolis Ind.
Reports recently received by the Live
Stock Commissioners show that the condi-
tion Of cattle in the State was little below
the average for this season of the year.
Horses and sheep were doing we'll The
rav~ges of hog cholera were causing great
losses to farmers in many portions OF the
State.
The thirteenth annual meeting Of the
N ilers' State Association was held at Spring
field recently.
At the fifth annual session in Chicago re-
emily OF the National Guard Association of
Illinois the following officers were elected:
President Brigadier-Generh J. N. Reece,
Springfield; Vice-President, Brlgadier- Gen.
er:l Charles Fltz-Simons. Chicago; Second
V'ce-Pres dent, Colonel Fred Bennett,
Joilet; Recording Secretary. Colonial Fred
Pierce, Rockford; Corresponding Secre-
tAry, Captain c. V. Jaquith, Paris; Treas
urer. Major E. J. Sill, Aurora; Chaplain,
Rev. G. r. Van Horn, Rockford
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14

60 years Mr.. Deer
ing was q native of
Oxford Coun.y, Me.
He served two terms
in the Legislature Of
that State, and in
1857 removed to
Iowa, locating at
Usage. He was for
several terms q clerk
in the United States
Senate, four years
Special Agent of the
Postohoe Depart
ment for the District
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
An EMPTY SAFE.

Many Sufferers from Sman but Com.
ploto Bank Failure In Missouri.
I S1EwARTvu1E, Mo-, Dec 10-1t is an
nouncsd that the we!l-known bank of Buck
& McCroskey, which closed its doors
Wednesday afternoon, has totally COL
lapsed John NJ. Coberly, the appointed
receiver, has opened the safe and
found there is not . nickel on hand
ELI Burson, the county treasurer, had bis
funds in the bank and is ruined by the fail
ura All of the cher and well-to-do peo-
pie in this vicinity will be heavy losers, und
the failure will bring much suffering upon
many poor pc ,pe The bank was one Of
the best known in Northwestern Missouri
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14

q
at 8 O'clock last even-
ing About 9 O'clock
the case was finally
submitted to the Jury,
the whole day having
been M occupied byHonl, Ion
NJ NJ p O'Connell, Of
Fort Dlod sc. W ho
closed for tho State.
A few minutes before
8 o'clock the Jury
came In and an
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
RUBBER MEN FORM A TRUST.

It Is Given Out, However, That the Con.
sumers viii Not Suffer Thereby
New YoRK, Dec 1O-The manufacturers
Of rubber boots and shoes have CON-
cluded the formation of trust
The agreement have been signed by the
Boston Rubber Shoe Company, l. b. Smith
Rubber Company, L. Candee Company.
Meyer Rubber Comp my, New Jersey Rub
Der Comp ny, Para Rubber Shoe Company
and Mlllvil 8 Rubber Company II Is sta ea
that The effect OF the trns5 viii! not be to the
disadvantage OF the consumers. Though
prices may be advanced the quality will hs
improved by the cessation Of compesitlon.
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14

Of Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, five
years Nation Il Bank Examiner for Iowa,
and in 1876 was elected to Congress from
the Fourth Iowa District He was twice
reelected to his seat in Congress He had
large cattle interests in Montana His pub
lie and private life was above reproach.
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
PASSED AWAY.

Death Of fEx-Congress,naa N. C. DeerinK,
of Iowa.
DUBUQUE. la, Dec ION G Deering
died at his home In Usage, Mitchell County,
Thursduv forenoon of rheumatism aped
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
AR RENSpO OR Z AC QUILTED.

sAs Verdict Ofs Not Guilt In tho Case of the
LEGGED 81 layers " Or. Hatlttocls.
sioux Cry, IA, Dec. j.1O o, The trial Of
John Arsnsdorf for the murder Of Rev.
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
FORElEN.

A1mE on the 9th at Port Edward, Ont,
destroyed thirty thousand tons Of coal,
property of the Grand Trunk railroad
KlNDoN's extensive floor-oloth factory in
Bermoudsey, near London, was destroyed
by fire on the 9th. Loss. $3.50, ,OOO
JOHN GREEN g. Co., wholesale dry-goods
merchants at London, Can failed on the
9th for $3.50, 900.
ONE HUNDRED houses at Baracoa, Cuba;
were destroyed by terrific gale ON the 9th
IT was rumored ON the 9th in Berlin that
Russia was concentrating troops on tho
Austrian frontier,
TIE steamer Isla de Panay, bound from
Liverpool to Manila, went ashore on the
9TH on the coast Of Portugal, and seven Of
her crew were drowned
MRS FELLOWS, an insane woman living at
Toronto, Can. killed her baby on the 7th
by cutting of it's head, and then cut of one
arm and cooked 1t for hez husbands dinner.
TIE discovery Of immense fields of gold
iD Wales was reported on the 7th
GERMANY, Austria and Italy on the 9TH
agreed to raise their ministers to Spain to
the rank OF ambassadors, with the view Of
recognizing Spain as one OF the great
powers
EDWARD HARRINGTON, member OF the Brit
ish Parliament, was on the 9Th sentenced
to q months imprisonment for publishing
reports Of meetings OF suppressed branches
of the National League
THERE win be no winter carnival this sea-
son at Montreal
ONE of the military forts at Halifax, N.
8. was partly wrecked by an explosion on
the 9Th, planned by unknown persons The
soldiers were greatly excited
: ADv1CEs Of the 9th say that the town Of
Bavispe, Mex, was entirely destroyed by
the recent earthquakes, and the people were
wild with fear and were starving.
Two SONS and daughter Of NJ Ledoux,
carriage-maker at Deleoil, Can, fell
through the ice while skating on the river
ON the 9th and were drowned. = Js
A BAND Of Mexlcans on the 9th lynched
Cecilio Barrea and Vivian Diez near Rio
Grande City, Mex. for kidnapping Senior
Barrea last August ys.-..
ADv1CEs Of the 9th from the Orkney
Islands report the loss Of twenty smaoks In
hurricane E.: -
THE delegates of the Scotch Home Rule
Union, who have been making tour Of Ire
land, declared on the 9th that the coercion
measures of the Government were ineffect-
i've, and reported themselves as more than
ever In favor of the demands Of the Nation
alists IT, ~ ~"
ARMSTRONG BROTHERS Il Co., of Glasgow,
the largest IRON operators In Scotland,
failed on the 8 h. ~ z"Hs. j."
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
u hsE neSeS 55ott sn third nat
DeIoga atea ths onal sconiysl.-

q the necel lsiEy pt ssa shtr6 S5sl N Istto onat
DeIoga atea to ths onal consysn-
#tion were Chosen sss
5 THE National Republ lean Com ttee met
ii w Washingt ton on the 8th and selected CHI
Eoago Is the place and the 9th 81 June u
the time for holding the next National Re-
publican convention 8H
aF ARCH ABBOTT BoNIFACE WId1dRR, founder
Of the Benedictine Order in the United
States, died at St Vlncent's abbey, West
smoreland County, Pa. on the 8th, aged
seventy sight years #5 u
VIRGINIA. Democrats In caucus on the 8th
at Richmond nominated John s. Barbour
for the United States Senate, to succeed
Senator Riddleberger, whose term expires
March a y, sss@ .S .55 s@ N, :3s55si$ 553A
THE Prohibition State Central Committees
met In indianapolis on the 9Th and resolved
to call an early convention next year and
nominate. : straight-out Prohibition State
Ftioket 5s, @ Ist !, s.s.5 "A saj.=s 4
Rev Dr.. z P. HUMpHnEY, an old and dis
tinguished Presbyterian minister. died aud.
denly on tho 9th at Louisville, Ky, agsd
seventy-eght yaarA E.f s.s,. 4. .
CHAIRMAN JONES, Of the Republican Ma
tiopal Committee, on the Och issued call
for the Republican National convention. 10
be held in Chicago June 10, 1883, to noml-
nate candidates for President and Woe
President of the United 6tates e. i
CAPTAIN 8. 8 BLAcKFoRD, snaimed vet
eran OF the war, a worker In the temperance
cause and familiar figure In Washington,
died suddenly on the 9th. rts. ,.r! =
BENJAMIN RUSH PLUaMEY, one of tho
early Abolitionists, and an associate of
Garrison and Philiips died at Galveston,
Tex, on the 9th, aged seventy-seven years.
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
IOWA.

A criminal action was begun at Waterloo
under the Prohibitory Liquor law against
drug firm That had been indicted for main
tanning nuisance because they sold intox:-
cat ng liquors. The Judge discharged the
defendants holding that the only method
o. proceeding against druggisa convicted
of keep. ns tntoxica ling liquors for sale was
by civil action for damages
Sam Anderson was run over and cnt 20
pieces by switoh-engine at Council Bluffs
the other morning: He had been in the en-
ploy of the Northwestern road for twelve
yeara
A Council Bluffs secondhand dealer was
fined $luS few days ago for selling re-
vo.vers to four little boys The law against
sc ling guns, revolvers or toy-pistols to
children is very plain anl severe
Owing to the inability of the chief of po-
lice ut Burlington and his subordinates to
agtae. the latter have been discharged
The Standard Lumber Company of Du-
buque has closed up for the winter on ac-
coun: of the incendiary fires in that city.
The d te of the State fair has been fixed
fol september to 8. 1888.
The State boasts of 953 women who own
farms, and on3 eighteen of them are mort
gaged
Track-laying on the Cherokee & Dakota
lin is progressing at the rate of two miles
p 7 day.
me buildings t Sioux City occupied by
A :. Haley l. Sons plumbers. gas filters
on-workers, and Anthony's trunk fac
l we're consumed by fire the other morn
in og ther with the stocks, machinery,
e Total loss, $4,000.
TI< next Democratic State convention
y i be ht Id in Dubuque, probably in May.
Lewis Igo a Republican, was defeated
70 S'nator from Warren County in the re-
caut election b:7 one vote; but his wife the
OTHER day pres ented him with a hoy, adding
one to family of seven boys and FIVE girls,
m king thirteen, all living.
There are tifty-four cities in the State
that have q population of over twenty five
hundred
The jury in the Rsinsbarger case st Mar
sh.l,own recently found the defendant
guilty OF murder in the first degree, AMI
fixed the penA ty at imprisonment for life.
A collision occurred the other day be-
twsen a passenger and freight train at
peacival, by which two tramps were killed
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14

sS William q. Armstrong. IN the employ Of
the National Bureau Of Labor Statistics, a.
timAteS that thirteen thousand divorces
have been granted In the State In the past
twenty years. Among the causes assigned
for the divorces desertion is the most prom
nent Following this in the order given ID
cruelty, habituA drunkenness and inf-
delity. 5. Il. 81
III #3 MICHIGAN.
Emily Smith, aged seventy two years, has
been sentenced to three months imprison-
ment in Detroit for robbing little girls OF
their dolls #
The new Detroit Crematortum has begun
operations The body Of Mrs. Barbara
schoor, of Millersburg, O., was the first one
reated. aS 5f sIs.gs:.
s Malignant diphtheria has broken out In
the orphan asylum connected with St Jo-
seph's Convent at Marquette.
During the season just ended the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic shipped from Mar
quette 53, ,O01 tons of ore to local furnaces
Lake shipments from Lake Superior m net
are now ended, the total shipment being
1896, ,335 tons, an increase over last yea1
of 9O3, ,449 tons
c. G. Whitney & Co.'S cracker bakeryiz
Bay City was burned a few days ago Loss
$l3, 900; insurance, 81, 900. ,z
A steady flow OF natural gas was obtained
the other day, at depth of one hundred
feet. on the land owned by D. l. Campbell
seven miles north of Detroit
Mine officials report the Calumet Heel,
fire at last under complete control
Some Genesee County farmers are pre-
dieting that wheat will be one dollar per
bushel before another harvest
A broom factory is one of the recent ad-
ditions to Traverse City's manufacturing
industries
At the Cleveland iron mine, near Ishpem-
Ing, Fred Dash was crushed beneath fall
ing mass Of rock and killed few days ago.
Jacob Johnston, well-to-do farmer of
Brandon township Oakland County, was
found dead the other morning under q load
of lumber:
William Splinter pleaded guilty in Bay
City the other day to incest with his daush-
ter Amelia, aged sixteen years
Eugene NJ Converse, a Battle Creek law
yer, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement
Charles Matthewson's barn, near Rayenna,
containing hay, grain, farming implements,
six COWS and two horses, was burned the
other morning. Loss, So, 600
Over five hundred barrels Of -four con-
cealed tn the brush on Bois Blanc Island
were found by the United States Marshal the
other day, who went there for the purpose
OF recovering all floating property picked up
from the wrecked steamer Albany
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
Epitome Of the w eek.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL,

SON0CNGA00AVNtAk11i5 81 :,
THS Fttieth Congress assembled at noon on
the 9th. In the Senate Mr. Ingalls,, OF Kansas,
presided. No objection was made to the ad-
mission Of Mr. Turpie. Of Indiana, but Mr.
Faulkner, of West Virginia, would not be per-
mltted to take his seat until certain questions
were settled concerning the validity OF his
eleotion.... In the House Mr., Carlisle, OF Ken
tuoAy, was reelected Speaker, the vote, which
Indicates the relative strength Of the two
parties, standing Carlisle 1863; Reed (of Maine),
14S. Both houses appointed committees to
notify the President OF their organisation, and
then adjourned for the day.
TIE session OF the Senate on the 9Th WAS
devoted to- listening to tha read ng OF the
Presidents message. In the House several
Amendments to the rules were submitted, also
. resolution for the appointment OF q committee
on the eleventh census. The Presidents mes
sage was then read, after which the House
adjourned. -. 's Il ~
A RESOLUTION was adopted In the Senate
on the 9TH to ascertain wheaher any patent
had been issued for Che manufacture of
sugar from sorghum. No other business was
transacted. The House was not in session.
FEW department communications were read
In tho Senate on the 9Th, after which an ad-
tournament was taken to the 18th In the
House q few resolurons were introduced re-
lat1ng to amendment OF the rules, and then
the body adjourned to the 18th.
Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14
WISCONSIN.

A $40, 600 courthouse is to be erected
in Waushura County in the near future, and
Buffalo County will follow suit with $780,
600 building.
branch of the Wisconsin Anti -Prohibi-
tion Association has been organ -zed at Port
W. shingeon ',-s
The Vernon County supervisors have
voSed to bond the county for $35 900, and
thus secure the means to build an insane
asylum in which one hundred may be cared
tor. - ..,.
The treasury of Ashland County is suffer-
ing from q scarcity OF funds,
Patrick Moe usky, aged sixty years, tipped
over his lantern in his barn in Eau Claire
the other day and burned to death with two
horses and two cows -' &@ &2-
It has been decided to erect a build :ng in
E u Claire, to cost SAC, 600. for the Young
Mems Christian Association. -
The town of Hurley was visited by an
o o~;er destructive conflagratton few days
ago --.. :..~g>a. .. sir st,.S IL ~*5 q . s.. L
James Bond, q leading farmer Of Eau
Clair, was crushed to death recently near
Mondovi by portion Of coal bin falling
ON him 'a&ssFrlA = 5--'r< .hssS s55E 81
Anton Mohr's dry goods house at Wausau
W damaged to the extent OF 50, 600 by
Are and water the other night.
Tho first prosecution Of q member OF the
Sstv tlon Army under the ordinance passed
several months ago by the Common Coun-
q Of Janesville resulted in the conviction
of ahe d PENDANT Tie ordinance prohibits
N rching on the streets
81 K. Wagg, Of Appleton, recently re-
cc We letters patent on . digesteE Tor BIZ
sulphite pup making, whereby the finest
p per can be made Of pine timber
l'ue s ate Poultry Association will meet
i, Fond du Lao the second week In FebEu-
alY ssAf5 s{ sfs{ }ss
Milwaukee Has the only Polish paper In
tn : counsry, 5E 4. S5S
III hrst white man known TO have
~ arowned ia Shell lake was Fred Krist,
formerly Of Menom5 nee. who broke Through
thb aoe while attempting TO cross the bay
rtcsnkly 53S rs Sal sSS #sf.A s.sf
Reesntly heavy falls Of snow made l.s =
sleig thing 90 good IL Grant County that
" 4sated vehsoiss hAye been latd aside
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-02-26
New WooIen Dress Goods.

Among the new dress woolens to bt
used for visiting gowns during the win
ter and for handsome promenade dresses
in the spring, are fine soft ladies' cloth
fabrics in novel pale hues of helitrope.
chamois, pale copper, maple leaf green.
raspberry red, amaranth, rose color,
and cream yellow and blue of the tints
seen on bisque and Royal Worcester
wares. Fur and feather bands trim the
suits of these materials worn at present.
Further on, the Russian polonaises,
jackets and long overdresses made of
them, will be decorated with cloth ara
besques in cut work, appliques so rich
and heavy in effect as to closely resem-
Gle costly Swiss embroiderles in silk and
arrasene. Velvet of deeper shade
will also be combined with these ma
terials in elegant carriage and Dime.
gowns.--M Y Post. '''~-------
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-02-26
"Crawfishing," as Usual.

The reelection of United States Sena-
tor Dawes doesn't please Mr.. Blaine.
When the news reached Augusta he
expressed himself to Senator Bruce
and others in very strong language on
the subject. A dispatch Published in
the Boston Herald contained an account
of the little episode. AS usual, Mr..
Blaine was dissatisfied with his remarks
as they appeared in cold print, and
telegraphed that the Herald dispatch
was IAN utter Misrepresentation"
Then he added just enough to show
that it was not an utter misrepresenta-
tion. "To some gentlemen in my
house at the time" he admits, II ex-
pressed great regret over the result. :"
But he endeavors to make it appear
that his regret was not over the election
of Dawes, but over his election by
Democratic votes. The truth is that
the Maine magnetizer didn't suppose
his vigorous language, addressed to a
circle of private friends, would get into
the papers.
He has had enough experience of this
kind to make him cautious how he
talks. even to friends, about his fellow
men. 1t is unpleasant to "orawtish, "
but il fellow hasn't the courage tc
stand up to his words, what else eau III
dog-Brooktga Eagle,